Emergency car-coupling.



E. POSSON'.

BMERGENGY GAR ooUPLzNG. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1908.

Patented Nov. 161909.

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EMERGENCY GAR GOUPLING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1908.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

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- Patented' Nov.16, 1909.

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LATTORMEK' E. POSSON.

EMERGENCY EEE GOUEEIEG.

APPLIGATIONFILBD JULY 3, 1908. Patented Nm. f, 1909.

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EMERGENCY GAE GOUPLING.

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Q access accident causes the breaking,l or pulling out of the usualcoupling head or drawbar, the apparatus embodying` my invention may heput in place of it. ll the accident pulls the usual dead block oft fromthe car, the dead block 22 with its depending draw-bar supporting strap24 may be quickly applied by means of the lag bolts 23. Then. the T-head36 of the bolt may be hooked into the socket 3l and the flange 2t) setagainst the dead block 22, the coupling head 26 being supported on thedraw-bar supporting strap 24C by having the projecting socket member 3lrest thereon. Then the chain Lll is passed back between the center sillmembers 20 over The laterally projecting` arms 3U en the eye-bolt 38pass under the center sill members 20 and thus keep the turnbucklc 3Tdown where it can readily be reached and operated. chain 41 passesthence between the center sill members Q0 over the body bolster members2l, behind them and then the locking member l2 is slipped on the chainand secured by means of the yoke 4, pin e'l and eotter pin 4G., Finally,the slack in the chain ell is taken up by rotating the turnbuckle 3?.'Thereafter, the normal coupling head 17 on the opposite car is made toengage the lined knuckle 27 ol the emergency couplingv head 26 and thehorizontal top web QS on the emergency couplingl head rests upon theknuckle of the Opposed coupling head. rl`hus, the opposed coupling head17 in supportingl the emergency couplingV head 2G.

The ifnodification disclosed in lfigs. 9, l0 and ll isv substantiallythe same as that already described, with the exception that the knucklehere designated as "a is not fixed but is pivoted in the usual mannerand has a locking pin flt adapted to be operated by the crank 47 on theoperating shaft -fl The emergency coupler shown in lfigs. S) to ll,inclusive, thus conforms strictly to the Master Car Builders standardand satisfies the requirement that Ieach car shally he, equipped withadjustable coupling` a pps; ratus. It will be noted. that in this formot' my invention the web 28 is retained so that the sound coupling headon the one car assists in supporting the emergency coupling head on theother car. instead oit the single Yvertical bracing flange 30 shown inFigs. 5, 6 and 7l have substituted tWo parallel vertical bracing flanges30' shown in 9 and. l0. ,y l claim:

l. ln cinnbination, an emergency couplinga head having a socket in itsend, a bolt having a head adapted to rit into said socket and bedisplaced therefrom, a chain, and a turnbuckle connecting the chain toythe bolt.

f2. ln combination, an emergency coupling head having a downwardlyopening socket in its end with a supporting ledge on the inside wal-l ofthe socket, a bolt having a head adapted to lit into such socket andrest upon said ledge, and a chain connected to said bolt.

3. ln combination, an emergency coupling head. having a downwardlyopening'socket in its end with lateral recesses in the socket,

The a l`bolt having its head adapted to fit into said recesses, and achain connected to said bolt. y

4v. ln combination, an emergency coupling head, a chain attached theretoand compris ing an intermediate member with laterally projecting arms,and means for securing the chain to the under framework of the car.

In combination, an emergency coupling head, a pivoted knuckle therein,said head having,` an integral web extending horizontally across at theto from the main part thereof to the part W ich joins the knuckle, achain attached to the coupling head, and means to secure the chain tothe under framework of the car.

t5, ln con'ibiination, an emergency coupling head having' a, socket inits end, a bolt havingY an enlarged head adapted to t in said 'socketand engage the same, and a chain having one end connected to said bolt.

'i'. ln combination, an emergency coupling head, a chain, a turnbuckleconnecting the chain to the coupling' head, said turnbuckle havingvopposite laterally projecting arms, and .means for connecting; the chainto the under-framcwork or' a car.

ln testimony whereof, lf have subscribed my name. -v

' EDWARD lili SSN. lllitnesses:

Lucian A. limer, Anna L. Sra/Vis.

